Manchester City want to add two more Spaniards to their ranks next summer with moves being made for Malaga sensation Isco and Athletic Bilbao’s academy chief Jose Maria Amorrortu, writes the Sunday People.

Txiki Begiristain, City’s new director of football, is stepping up his pursuit of 19-year-old Isco in a bid to beat off competition from Premier League rivals Liverpool.

And with work now well under way on the club’s new £100million, state-of-the-art academy complex, the Blues chief has identified his old friend Amorrortu as the man to oversee youth development.

No formal move has yet been made for Amorrortu, but Sunday People Sport understands the 59-year-old is aware of Begiristain’s interest and is willing to discuss the plans being put in place in the north-west.